Requirements for lunch were a place with a waterview. I went searching along the Parramatta river…read morefor such a place and stumbled on Oliveto. FOOD Just snuck in for the winter special. 2 course meal for $40. Entrees - Beef carpaccio, rocket, caper berries, horseradish, hand rolled grissini http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/oliveto-restaurant-and-bar-rhodes?select=YLaArPiI-0m8ErcysGmzvw - Fried baby calamari, semi-dried tomatoes, chilli, basil, garlic http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/oliveto-restaurant-and-bar-rhodes?select=l4KyYoFxeXlA5v4lT0HD7w Mains - Zuppa di pesce, mussels, prawns, scallops, calamari, tomato broth http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/oliveto-restaurant-and-bar-rhodes?select=4s-kPY7atkHE2CktvbLv3A#rknmxn1578l8As15QjpxYA - Wood fired calzone, parma ham, tomato, mushrooms, rocket, olives http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/oliveto-restaurant-and-bar-rhodes?select=4s-kPY7atkHE2CktvbLv3A#l7lyXLP2hGteQBGUgYn5EQ Entrees were fantastic. Perfect size, flavour and presentation. Mains were average. Seafood seemed a bit lacking in the Zuppa. Calamari rings were so tiny! The calzone bread was nice and soft but I wasn't a fan of the cheese used. I like particularly strong tasting cheese so this just tasted more towards melted rubber than cheese for me. OVERALL The place ticked the requirement I was looking for. With glass all around the restaurant it enable us to enjoy the sunshine and waterview. Great restaurant for relaxed daytime eating.

One of the best restaurants I have ever dine in, very friendly staff the food is above great "real…read moreItalian taste", decoration is very elegant and the location is behind amazing, I strongly recommend Oliveto for families and functions... Well done

Although the meals came out at different times the food was delicious. The atmosphere was…read moredelightful, classy music. The wine list was extensive.

The Food is always amazing here , the staff are so attentive & friendly and the restaurant has such…read morea chill and welcoming atmosphere. Love coming here and will continue to.

When the weather is rainy and stormy and you feel like something warm, what works best always seems…read moreto be something carb loaded. Thus, pizza is always a good idea! Anema E Core is a little restaurant (there is only two tables inside opposite their massive coffee machine and their indoor wood fired pizza oven, the rest of the tables are outside and with the weather being rainy they were not set up yet. We ordered the 4 Formaggi (Gorgonzola, Smoked buffalo Mozzarella, fiordilatte, Shaved Parmesan, basil,olive oil) Crudo E Rucola ( Rocket, prosciutto, shaved Parmesan, basil, olive oil) and for dessert the Nutella pizza all for takeaway. The base is ridiculously soft! I am in heaven. Nom nom nom I love this place! Staff are friendly and the chefs have a think Italian accent which adds to the authenticity of this tiny restaurant. We have booked to go again this Sunday, looking forward to trying their other pizzas and the coffee! Ciao :)

I absolutely love this place! It does pizza just like Italy. I had to look back at photos from when…read morewe were in Tuscany just to make sure I wasn't just making that up! Hubby and I come here at lease once a week for lunch and tonight we tried them out for dinner. Firstly, lunch. Pizzas and Paninis are the focus. They have $5 pizza - lunch size specials which have such soft chewy dough that we just love with fresh ingredients and lots of cheesy goodness on top. We usually end up ordering margherita and hot salami plus a Nutella calzone. The Nutella calzone fresh out of the oven can burn as you just can't wait to eat it but it is so good fresh! They do have some sitting there if you can't wait but you can have them make the pizzas to order. It takes all but 5 minutes most of the time to make the lunchtime size pizzas. Haven't had the chance to try their paninis but they are reasonably priced with it priced based on how many items you want on it. Dinner- this place is pumping at night! We didn't book but came in early for dinner (6pm!). I'd suggest to book as it is so popular! They have those metre pizzas if you're interested but as we have it all the time, we thought we'd try their specials. We weren't disappointed! They don't have a standard dinner menu, it seems it's either pizzas or their specials which is how we like it. Christian seems to have his specials based on produce availability which works for us! We had full 3 course menu as we couldn't help but want all the specials. Entrees- The prawns wrapped in speck just brought out the flavoursome freshness of the prawns. It also came with some bread. The calamari and zucchini fritters were well fried. Not too oily and light. We had Tuscan pasta (Fisarmoniche pasta - had to look it up as I'd never seen it before!) with speck, Gorgonzola cheese and walnut. Sounds odd but it worked. Well balanced flavours and tasty! We also had the spaghetti marinara which had some clams, mussels, prawn and scallops. Pasta was al dente and had the seafood saltiness to it. Delicious! We couldn't resist having dessert even though we were so full! We chose the Tuscan dessert special as it was something a bit different plus the Tiramisnu. Our usual pizza chef from lunch time sold it to us when we spoke to him earlier in the evening that Christian's wife had made the Tiramisu. The tiramisu was just awesome and I'd come back just for it. Looks like they had some you could take away! The Tuscan dessert had cantuccini (biscotti) and a fig/almond tart which was the tiniest slice I'd ever seen but it was very rich so tiny for a good reason! The biscotti wasn't too hard and just right for after dinner and went well with hubby's macchiato. Definately a great place and the staff are so friendly. Always feel welcomed to come here even when the place is pumping and busy!

This is a lovely, authentic italian style restaurant & cafe attached to an all italian deli, liquor…read more& retail store. It is your one stop shop for all things Italian and my word it did not disappoint. We were seated here at about 1:15pm on a Saturday and although there were plenty of people seated, there was still plenty of room for us. It is quite a large restaurant with plenty of seating inside & out and is located in the "Waterfront" complex in Wentworth Point. Almost immediately, I was captivated by the European style decor & authentic atmosphere that came with it. The staff seemed to be all Italian and were full of cheer & passion. The restaurant was playing italian music quite softly in the background which again contributed to the cultured atmosphere. We were waited on immediately and had a couple of coffees ordered & served to the table within minutes. These were excellent but the fresh orange juice that followed with the food was a class above the rest. The menu is very comprehensive and almost all Italian with variety in meats, salads, entrees, mains, desserts & the rest. The pricing is a touch on the high side at around $20 an entree and $30+ a main but the dishes epitomise value for money. Although we were disappointed to hear that the 3 stuffed vegetables entree was not available, the bruschetta, grilled octopus with salad & garlic prawns in chilli tomato sauce dissolved that slight disappointment instantaneously. The food was absolutely incredible & full of flavour, and the wood-fried italian bread (Pana di Casa) was pure crispy & crunchy goodness. The presentation was sensational and the portion sizes were impressive, especially being that they were considered entrees. Our food was on our table within 15 minutes of ordering & it was in our stomachs in even less time than that. We stepped up to the counter to pay our share and came across the small display of fresh italian style desserts. Considering the sweet ricotta cannoli was staring right at me, I just couldn't resist and left with a roadie cannoli. Not only that, upon exit I had a stroll through the retail side of the store & was delighted to see a vast variety of biscotti, cured meats & imported Italian wines available for purchase. After adding a beautiful 2007 Tuscan red to my collection, we were on our way - by the way, the cannoli was outstanding! Overall, there's not a bad thing I could say about Cucina Visontini. In fact, if I didn't know where I was, I could have been mistaken into thinking I was overseas. Our experience wasn't just a great meal with excellent service & a bottle of wine to enjoy another time, it was truly cultural appreciation. It has become easy to generalise Italian restaurants but make no mistake, Cucina Viscontini is the real deal. For a taste of Italy, I respectfully demand that you try this place, you will be thankful you did so!

The gnocci is to die for. Service was great. Really authentic Italian food. Deserts are all made on…read morethe premises. I am in heaven.

Walking in here with no expectation, I was pleasantly surprised!…read more I had a zucchini pasta dish and it was delicious. Perfectly seasoned and great combination of flavours, it really was a well-rounded dish. Would not hesitate to get this again! Fish of the day dish was salmon and what a sight! It was plated beautifully and came out on a massive plate. Fish cooked to perfection and the accompanying salad was great also. Would also recommend this. Can't say much for the meat dish but probably a little overpriced for the size. My friend seemed pretty neutral about it. Service was pretty good, and it was all round a pleasant experience.

This place is average, especially with so many new places at Rhodes shopping centre. Specifically…read moreif you want coffee. The coffee here is one of the worst that you'll find. If you want good coffee go to Chambers, which is a 2 minute walk down the road. And if you want food, there is better food right next door. Generally, I was very unimpressed by this place.

Staff are great, the food here doesn't disappoint. The chicken dishes are so good , seafood is…read morefresh and the pizzas are authentic. The serving sizes are generous too! Love this place. My fav italian

To dispense with any suspense this is an average cafe. Not bad, but not special. In other words not…read moreworth going out of your way to visit. Specifically as there are awesome cafes literally across the road. Honestly the best thing about this cafe is the muffins. Seriously they are awesome. Baked on the premises they are like floating on a cloud. Sadly that was it for me. The coffee was average and the food was seriously disappointing. I think if you are going to charge more than $16 then a good plate of food needs to come out.

This is my favourite cafe in Putney. Staff are always friendly during the prices are quite…read morereasonable

Came here for lunch with the wife. It was a splendidly warm winters day. As the place was dead…read morequiet the hostess took good care of us and even opened the bay doors to allow the fresh warm breeze in. The wife and I love a good piece of wood fire pizza and this place didn't disappoint. As we were the only ones there our meals came out next to no time. Hot and fresh. One The Fireman and one The Forager. The Fireman was as hot as it sounded much to the delight of my wife. The Forager was more subtle with it's flavours but the cream base was a touch underwhelming. Perfect dough with an amazingly chewy crust. This isn't the kind of restaurant one can settle down in for the long haul. More of a place where you order, eat and then say goodbye and continue with the shopping. We would happily return.

Not sure about this one... It hasn't been open very long but my oh my did the menu look delicious…read more Plus they have a wall of craft beer and knowing the boy, i knew he would be in heaven! I work nearby and walk past the restaurant every morning, on Thursday night the boy and i thought we'd give it a try. We arrived about 7pm the place wasn't packed but it was busy. We were seated at a both just inside the door shown the menu when they came back for the order we hadn't decided on the food yet. Our drinks arrived and we were ready to order, we ordered the selection of house made dips with flat bread, mrs C's crispy chicken bites with chipotle aioli and a c&c special pizza - the director which has pulled pork, radicchio, red onion, bbq sauce. They were all to share and come out at once. The selection of dips and chicken bites arrived about half an hour later. The dips were beetroot, olive and a hot jalapeño style dip and the chicken bites were well, small battered bits of chicken. We started picking while we waited for the pizza, eventually we had finished both dishes and were still waiting for the pizza. Eventually a second drink was ordered and reassurance our pizza was on the way. Almost an hour later it seemed all the wait staff had finished their shifts and were sitting at the bar drinking... but where was our pizza? The manager/owner must have seen me looking around for someone and gave me the thumbs up, i shook my head and tried to ask where our pizza was from across the room. About 5 minutes later he appeared at the table to advise us the pizza had been made and served out and if we had ordered a second one they didn't actually order. After explaining it was the original pizza we ordered and requesting it to still be made takeaway he apologised and let us know the pizza would be comped. Once the pizza was ready we paid and went to make our way out. The owner/manager presented us with a complimentary meal coupon to be used for our return. We may return but if the first experience is anything to go by it won't be for some time!

This is a local place for me here and I have been pleasantly surprised every time I have visited. I…read morehave been here three times with family and a group of friends. The food is very fresh and well presented. There is plenty of flavour and there is a good range of food and prices. Although we were there for lunch this time we picked a variety of food from the menu. I loved the entree to share, oil soaked cooked black olives.This goes very well with their crispy garlic bread. We each had a different main. Mine was the seafood marinara. I was taken back by the amount of seafood in the dish and how large the servings were. This dish could feed a family. Everyone was happy with their food and the drinks were readily on supply. It was a very hot day and the staff kept supplying us with cold water. Now I could say this was an excellent but on a vey hot day their air conditioning was not coping very well. Just something to be aware of. The staff were excellent!! This little place also does a breakfast menu and as I walked past today the waiter came up full of smiles. I love when you re visit a place and the waiter remembers your name. He was front of house for the business and he has my vote to visit again....( oh am I going red!) We'll see next time when I have a meal there for one! ha

This place is a local for me and I have been here many times!…read more Our favourite go to is the cheesy garlic pizza to start and then anything after really. Staff are always lovely and welcoming. They have indoor and outdoor seating and can cater for larger groups. Had an Italian house red with my cheesy garlic and bruschetta pizza and it went down quite well! Lovely place!